Pablo Escobar, my father
(2016)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/ESCOBAR,P

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Biography & Memoir BIOGRAPHY/ESCOBAR,P Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2016
DESCRIPTION

353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781250104625, 1250104629
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Betrayal -- Where did the money go? -- My father's origins -- The Renault Coke -- Papá Narco -- Excess -- Nápoles: dreams and nightmares -- MAS mayhem -- Politics: his biggest mistake -- Better a grave in Colombia -- Barbarity -- Tales from La Catedral -- Worry when I tie my sneakers -- Peace with the cartels -- Epilogue: Two decades in exile

"THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER! THE POPULAR SERIES NARCOS CAPTURES ONLY HALF THE TRUTH. HERE, AT LAST, IS THE FULL STORY. Until now, we believed that everything had been said about the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the most infamous drug kingpin of all time, but these versions have always been told from the outside, never from the intimacy of his own home. More than two decades after the full-fledged manhunt finally caught up with the king of cocaine, Juan Pablo Escobar travels to the past to reveal an unabridged version of his father--a man capable of committing the most extreme acts of cruelty while simultaneously professing infinite love for his family. This is not the story of a child seeking redemption for his father, but a shocking look at the consequences of violence and the overwhelming need for peace and forgiveness."--

"THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER! When Pablo Escobar died in 1993, his seventeen-year-old son initially vowed revenge. But Juan Pablo quickly recognized that reaction entailed following in his father's footsteps--something neither he nor his father ever wanted. Their lives in immense danger, Juan Pablo, his mother, and his sister assumed new identities and fled to Argentina, where he would spend the next two decades grappling with his father's legacy. Now an architect and advocate of drug policy reform, Juan Pablo breaks his silence to tell his side of the story, shedding new light on the infamous kingpin--the man who was also his loving father"--

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